The bill was passed with five against four votes when the committee chairman voted for it. APP/File
ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Interior has approved a bill to make amendments to the Pakistan Penal Code and Code of Criminal Procedure 1898 to take action against those who intentionally ridicule armed forces.
The bill says anyone who shall be guilty of said offence could face up to two years imprisonment or fine that may extend to Rs500,000, or both.
The bill, titled Criminal Law Amendment Bill 2020 introduced by PTI MNA Amjid Ali Khan, was approved by the NA committee on interior, which met here on Wednesday with MNA Raja Khurram Nawaz in the chair.
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ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Interior has approved a bill to make amendments to the Pakistan Penal Code and Code of Criminal Procedure 1898 to take action against those who intentionally ridicule armed forces.
The bill says anyone who shall be guilty of said offence could face up to two years imprisonment or fine that may extend to Rs500,000, or both.
The bill, titled Criminal Law Amendment Bill 2020 introduced by PTI MNA Amjid Ali Khan, was approved by the NA committee on interior, which met here on Wednesday with MNA Raja Khurram Nawaz in the chair.
Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry has opposed the introduction of new laws to quell criticism. DawnNewsTV/File
Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry on Thursday said it was an absolutely ridiculous idea to criminalise criticism, a day after a National Assembly panel approved a bill that proposes a two-year prison sentence and a hefty fine for those who intentionally ridicule the armed forces.
Though Chaudhry did not directly reference the bill in his tweet, his remarks came in reaction to a tweet by senior journalist Mazhar Abbas who, while apparently commenting on the bill passed by the NA committee, wrote that citizens were free to criticise the parliament, politicians and media but the rest is national interest .
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ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Interior has approved a bill to make amendments to the Pakistan Penal Code and Code of Criminal Procedure 1898 to take action against those who intentionally ridicule armed forces.
The bill says anyone who shall be guilty of said offence could face up to two years imprisonment or fine that may extend to Rs500,000, or both.
The bill, titled Criminal Law Amendment Bill 2020 introduced by PTI MNA Amjid Ali Khan, was approved by the NA committee on interior, which met here on Wednesday with MNA Raja Khurram Nawaz in the chair.
ISLAMABAD: The city managers of Rawalpindi and Islamabad on Thursday decided that they will jointly use a new landfill site to be built near Chakwal.
The decision was taken in a meeting held here with Minister for Planning Asad Umar in the chair.
“The meeting also decided that the CDA and RDA would sign an MoU for joint use of waste disposal facilities for the cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad,” said a statement issued by the Ministry of Planning after the meeting.
The meeting was attended by Chief Commissioner Islamabad and CDA Chairman Amer Ali Ahmed, Commissioner Rawalpindi Mohammad Mehmood, Special Assistant to Prime Minister on CDA Affairs Ali Nawaz Awan, MNA Raja Khurram Nawaz and others.